U.S. History Unit 4 Project: The New Republic (Chapters 11-13) Unit Theme = Expansion Time Period = 1800-1860
Unit 4 Project Workspace Period 1
Directions: This document serves many purposes.
1. Place your name in one of the available spots. We will use this list in class to determine the order of presentations. 2. Record your preliminaryproject topic. 3. Replace your preliminary topic with a narrowed research question/issue. Let others know precisely what you are researching 4. Replace your research question/issue with a learningobjective for your presentation. What specifically do you want your audience to be able to do after hearing your presentation. 5. List the type of visual aid that you will be using during your presentation. 6. I also need to know the title of your project and the type of higher level thinking you have chosen.
Student Name
Step 1: Preliminary Topic Step 2: Research Question/Issue Step 3: Objective(s) for the presentation Step 4: Add trigger words for higher level thinking tasks
Type of Visual Aid
1. Chris Griffin
Title: America's Greatest Discovery: The American Gold Rush Objective: Explain the positives and negatives of the American Gold Rush and also explain the hardships the "forty-niners" faced on their trip to California. Trigger Word (analysis): ? Trigger Word (synthesis): ? http://prezi.com/bhgfktss-6qo/present/?auth_key=a9qk2fb&follow=xkdjkmu3g7td
2. Ben McGraw
Title: The Underground Railroad: A Quest for Freedom Objective: Explain the risks of taking the Underground Railroad Trigger Word (analysis): Examine Trigger Word (synthesis): Judge
PowerPoint
3.
4 Nora Vaughan
Title: Morse Code: Dots and Dashes Changing Communication Objective: Compare life before and after the telegraph Trigger Word (analysis): Compare Trigger Word (synthesis): Prioritize
5. Emily Stoehr
Title: America's Monumental Change: The Life, Inventors, and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution Objectives:
1) Compare life before the Industrial Revolution to life during the Industrial Revolution.
2) List some inventions and their inventors.
3) Assess the inventions' impact on the Industrial Revolution Trigger Word (analysis): Compare Trigger Word (synthesis): Assess (Criteria-how it improved the tasks of the American people by convenience/access, how easy the task was now due to the invention)
Poster
6. Adam Shrum
Title: All Aboard for Prosperity: Steam & Expansion Objective: Evaluate and explain what was the effect steam locomotives in the expansion of the United States? Trigger Word (analysis): explain Trigger Word (synthesis): assess
Poster
7. Maya Bradley
Title: The Mexican-American War: The Stronger versus the Weaker Nation Objectives:
1) Identify the cause of the Mexican-American War
2) Explain the effects of the Mexican-American War
3) Identify some important battles fought during the Mexican-American War Trigger Word (analysis): Compare/Contrast Trigger Word (synthesis): Cause/Effect
PowerPoint
8 Amy Howard
Title: Life Growing:America's Population Growth Objective: Realize how much the population changed during the 1800s. Trigger Word (analysis): ? Trigger Word (synthesis): ?
9. Gracie Leibow
Title: The Lowell Mill Girls: A Worthy Opportunity? Objectives:
1) Determine and separate the pros and cons of working in the Lowell Mills as a young girl.
2) Argue a position on whether they would work in a mill or not as a young girl. Trigger Word (analysis): Separate Trigger Word (synthesis): Pros/Cons, Argue, Determine
PowerPoint
10. Anna Albers
Title: A Wild Adventure: Life on the Oregon Trail Objectives:
Describe life on The Oregon Trail. Trigger Word (analysis): Analyze Trigger Word (synthesis): Predict
11. Hale Knox
Title: The United States Gets Moving: Mapping the Expansion of Transportation in the United States from 1800 to 1860 Objectives:
1) List the various types of transportation that were developed in specific parts of the United States
2) Describe the expansion of transportation over the period of time discussed. Trigger Word (analysis): Progression Maps Trigger Word (synthesis): Progression Maps
PowerPoint
12. Patrycja
Bandosz
Title: Education Reform: The Key to Better People Objectives:
1) Compare the 1800s school system before and after the reform.
2) Predict how the U.S. would function if the education (WHAT?) reform did not occur. Trigger Word (analysis): Compare Trigger Word (synthesis): Predict
PowerPoint
13 Brendan Duffy
Title: A New Generation Emerges: New Political Parties in America Objective:Students should be able to:
1) Explain how the new political parties emerged
2) Explain how the old parties died out
3) Compare the old parties to the new parties. Trigger Word (analysis): Explain Trigger Word (synthesis): ?
Prezi
14 Amanda Darabant
Title: Seneca Falls Convention: Expanding Women's Rights Objective: Students shoulbe able to expalin the effects the Seneca Falls Convention had on women rights. Trigger Word (analysis): Explain Trigger Word (synthesis): ?
Poster
15 Gabrielle Schwartzmiller
Title: Literature in it's Past : The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Objective: Have an understanding of what Early American Author wrote This Legend and why, and compare and contrast the Disney Version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the Origional Version. Trigger Word (analysis): (compare) Trigger Word (synthesis): (handout)
Powerpoint
16 Hannah Steele
Title: A childhood destroyed: Child labor in the 1800s Objective: Tell how child labor affected the industrial revolution Trigger Word (analysis): explain Trigger Word (synthesis): effect- how it affected the industrial revolution
Powerpoint
17 Brian Ward
Title: The Potato Plague: Irish Potato Famine Objective: Students will be able to answer what caused the potatoes to be diseased,
how people were impacted, and what the result of the Irish Potato Famine was? Trigger Word (analysis): Explain Trigger Word (synthesis): Conclude
PowerPoint
18 Tegan Carr
Title: The Battle of the Alamo: Texas fight for independence. Objective: Evaluate why the Alamo was so important in the fight for Texas independence. Trigger Word (analysis):evaluate Trigger Word (synthesis): ?
Unit 4 Project: The New Republic (Chapters 11-13)
Unit Theme = Expansion
Time Period = 1800-1860
Unit 4 Project Workspace
Period 1
Directions : This document serves many purposes.
1. Place your name in one of the available spots. We will use this list in class to determine the order of presentations.
2. Record your preliminary project topic .
3. Replace your preliminary topic with a narrowed research question/issue. Let others know precisely what you are researching
4. Replace your research question/issue with a learning objective for your presentation. What sp ecifically do you want your audience to be able to do after hearing your presentation.
5. List the type of visual aid that you will be using during your presentation.
6. I also need to know the title of your project and the type of higher level thinking you have chosen.
Step 2: Research Question/Issue
Step 3: Objective(s) for the presentation
Step 4: Add trigger words for higher level thinking tasks
Objective: Explain the positives and negatives of the American Gold Rush and also explain the hardships the "forty-niners" faced on their trip to California.
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (synthesis): ?
http://prezi.com/bhgfktss-6qo/present/?auth_key=a9qk2fb&follow=xkdjkmu3g7td
Objective: Explain the risks of taking the Underground Railroad
Trigger Word (analysis): Examine
Trigger Word (synthesis): Judge
Objective: Compare life before and after the telegraph
Trigger Word (analysis): Compare
Trigger Word (synthesis): Prioritize
Objectives:
1) Compare life before the Industrial Revolution to life during the Industrial Revolution.
2) List some inventions and their inventors.
3) Assess the inventions' impact on the Industrial Revolution
Trigger Word (analysis): Compare
Trigger Word (synthesis): Assess (Criteria-how it improved the tasks of the American people by convenience/access, how easy the task was now due to the invention)
Objective: Evaluate and explain what was the effect steam locomotives in the expansion of the United States?
Trigger Word (analysis): explain
Trigger Word (synthesis): assess
Objectives:
1) Identify the cause of the Mexican-American War
2) Explain the effects of the Mexican-American War
3) Identify some important battles fought during the Mexican-American War
Trigger Word (analysis): Compare/Contrast
Trigger Word (synthesis): Cause/Effect
Objective: Realize how much the population changed during the 1800s.
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (synthesis): ?
Objectives:
1) Determine and separate the pros and cons of working in the Lowell Mills as a young girl.
2) Argue a position on whether they would work in a mill or not as a young girl.
Trigger Word (analysis): Separate
Trigger Word (synthesis): Pros/Cons, Argue, Determine
Objectives:
Describe life on The Oregon Trail.
Trigger Word (analysis): Analyze
Trigger Word (synthesis): Predict
Objectives:
1) List the various types of transportation that were developed in specific parts of the United States
2) Describe the expansion of transportation over the period of time discussed.
Trigger Word (analysis): Progression Maps
Trigger Word (synthesis): Progression Maps
Bandosz
Objectives:
1) Compare the 1800s school system before and after the reform.
2) Predict how the U.S. would function if the education (WHAT?) reform did not occur.
Trigger Word (analysis): Compare
Trigger Word (synthesis): Predict
Objective:Students should be able to:
1) Explain how the new political parties emerged
2) Explain how the old parties died out
3) Compare the old parties to the new parties.
Trigger Word (analysis): Explain
Trigger Word (synthesis): ?
Objective: Students shoulbe able to expalin the effects the Seneca Falls Convention had on women rights.
Trigger Word (analysis): Explain
Trigger Word (synthesis): ?
Objective: Have an understanding of what Early American Author wrote This Legend and why, and compare and contrast the Disney Version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the Origional Version.
Trigger Word (analysis): (compare)
Trigger Word (synthesis): (handout)
Objective: Tell how child labor affected the industrial revolution
Trigger Word (analysis): explain
Trigger Word (synthesis): effect- how it affected the industrial revolution
Objective: Students will be able to answer what caused the potatoes to be diseased,
how people were impacted, and what the result of the Irish Potato Famine was?
Trigger Word (analysis): Explain
Trigger Word (synthesis): Conclude
Objective: Evaluate why the Alamo was so important in the fight for Texas independence.
Trigger Word (analysis):evaluate
Trigger Word (synthesis): ?